Two months of above-normal rainfall and a wet start to April buoyed water supplies and prompted the South Florida Water Management District's governing board on Thursday to change the rules.

Under the new restrictions, odd-numbered addresses would be allowed to water on Wednesdays and Saturdays and even-numbered addresses would water on Thursdays and Sundays. Watering would be allowed between midnight and 10 a.m. or between 4 p.m. and 11:59 p.m.

Some areas where the water supply is still strained would remain under once-a-week limits. That includes Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach, Lake Worth and Lantana, where drinking water supplies have been threatened by saltwater seeping into well fields.